Three Great Places to Stay in Bolivia
If you’re looking for a cheap and cool place to stay, here are three Bolivian hostels and hostals we can recommend in some of the country’s coolest cities: La Paz, Potosí and Sucre. (Hostals are kind...
View ArticleEl Alto and its Crazy Market
Visit Valencia The more I learn about El Alto, the more it fascinates me. The Aymara capital of the world was incorporated in 1986 and instantly became Bolivia’s fourth-largest and fastest-growing...
View ArticleArrival in Cochabamba
Great Hotels in Cochabamba Cochabamba lays in the middle of Bolivia, both in terms of latitude and altitude. The biggest city of the country’s extensive valley range, it boasts Bolivia’s best climate...
View ArticleLip Service to Pachamama
Pachamama Books Pachamama plays a big part in the ancient Andean religions. The benevolent earth goddess is still worshiped throughout the highlands of Bolivia. She controls the harvest, and demands...
View ArticleLa Isla del Sol in Lake Titicaca
Hostel Isla Del Sol If you’re going to call yourself “Island of the Sun”, you had better be pretty awesome. Island of the Tick and Sock Isle, you guys can go ahead and suck: we’re not expecting much...
View ArticleMirador Laikakota and the Green Bridge
Book your stay in La Paz here: Hotels and Hostels Basically, any spot in La Paz can be used a makeshift viewing point. Just raise your eyes off the ground and there’s the massive Illimani Mountain...
View ArticleThe Witches’ Market
Read More About Witchcraft Religion in Bolivia is a funny thing. 94% of the population is either Catholic or Christian, but that’s an extremely misleading statistic. As we experienced firsthand at the...
View ArticleLucha Libre & the Fighting Cholitas
Travel Book for your eReader. Download here! The term Cholita was invented by colonialist Spaniards as a way to denigrate the Andean population, but has since been adopted by the very people it was...
View ArticleThe Valley of the Moon
About 40 minutes south of La Paz, a bizarre landscape of eroded rock and clay takes shape. Known as the Valle de la Luna, the jagged hills and crags seem to belong in a science fiction film, and not so...
View ArticleMirador Andina Jach’a Kollo
La Paz Prison Story Two-thirds of the way up the hill which eventually ends in El Alto, you can find the viewing point Andina Jach’a Kollo. Just don’t trust your map or taxi driver to get you there....
View ArticleMirador Laikakota and the Green Bridge
Book your stay in La Paz here: Hotels and Hostels Basically, any spot in La Paz can be used a makeshift viewing point. Just raise your eyes off the ground and there’s the massive Illimani Mountain...
View ArticleThe Witches’ Market
Read More About Witchcraft Religion in Bolivia is a funny thing. 94% of the population is either Catholic or Christian, but that’s an extremely misleading statistic. As we experienced firsthand at the...
View ArticleLucha Libre & the Fighting Cholitas
Travel Book for your eReader. Download here! The term Cholita was invented by colonialist Spaniards as a way to denigrate the Andean population, but has since been adopted by the very people it was...
View ArticleThe Valley of the Moon
About 40 minutes south of La Paz, a bizarre landscape of eroded rock and clay takes shape. Known as the Valle de la Luna, the jagged hills and crags seem to belong in a science fiction film, and not so...
View ArticleMirador Andina Jach’a Kollo
La Paz Prison Story Two-thirds of the way up the hill which eventually ends in El Alto, you can find the viewing point Andina Jach’a Kollo. Just don’t trust your map or taxi driver to get you there....
View ArticleThree Great Places to Stay in Bolivia
If you’re looking for a cheap and cool place to stay, here are three Bolivian hostels and hostals we can recommend in some of the country’s coolest cities: La Paz, Potosí and Sucre. (Hostals are kind...
View ArticleEl Alto and its Crazy Market
Visit Valencia The more I learn about El Alto, the more it fascinates me. The Aymara capital of the world was incorporated in 1986 and instantly became Bolivia’s fourth-largest and fastest-growing...
View ArticleArrival in Cochabamba
Great Hotels in Cochabamba Cochabamba lays in the middle of Bolivia, both in terms of latitude and altitude. The biggest city of the country’s extensive valley range, it boasts Bolivia’s best climate...
View ArticleLip Service to Pachamama
Pachamama Books Pachamama plays a big part in the ancient Andean religions. The benevolent earth goddess is still worshiped throughout the highlands of Bolivia. She controls the harvest, and demands...
View ArticleLa Isla del Sol in Lake Titicaca
Hostel Isla Del Sol If you’re going to call yourself “Island of the Sun”, you had better be pretty awesome. Island of the Tick and Sock Isle, you guys can go ahead and suck: we’re not expecting much...
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